Benfica v Porto is scheduled for Friday, September 29 at 22:15 at the Estadio da Luz in Lisbon and will be broadcast live on the AntenaPLAY platform and superbet. ro (live broadcast).

Benfica and Porto kick off Round 7 of the Portuguese Premier League derby known as ‘O Classico’. It’s a historic rivalry that began in 1912 (Benfica won the first match forever, Porto took eight years to celebrate the first success and another nine for the second).

The title holders Benfica are in 3rd place with 15 points after six matches, and in the last stage of the championship they won at Portimonense with a score of 3-1 (the Eagles have lost only one game in the current domestic season, 2-3 at away from “Boavista” in the first round).

In the middle of last week, “Benfica” debuted in the new season of the Champions League and unexpectedly lost at home to “RB Salzburg” with a score of 0:2.

It should be noted that Ángel Di Maria, a World Cup winner with Argentina in 2022, returned to the Portuguese club this summer (he also played for Benfica from 2007-2010) and is the team’s top scorer with 4 goals in the Premier League.

The Eagles from Lisbon have been coached since last summer by Roger Schmidt, the Austrian champion with RB Salzburg and who recently coached PSV Eindhoven, with whom they won the Dutch Cup and Super Cup.

Porto are in 2nd place with 16 points from six games, level with leaders Sporting, and in their last league match they won 2-1 at home to Giles Vicente (they have just one draw this season, 1 – 1 at home with Arouka).

The “Dragons” also started their journey in the Champions League, where they won their first away game against “Shakhtar” Donetsk (it was held in Hamburg, Germany) with a score of 3:1.

Since 2017, Porto has been coached by its former player Sergio Conceição (56 matches and 12 goals for Portugal), who also played for Lazio and Inter, among others, who already has three titles and three national cups as a coach. League Cup and three Super Bowls, all won with the Dragons.

The last time these two teams met was on August 9, 2023 in the Portuguese Super Cup, when Benfica won 2-0 at Porto (Di Maria 61, Musa 68), and they shared victories last season in the league, each winning against the opposition. Benfica in the round with a score of 1-0 and Porto in the second leg with a score of 2-1.

Superbet offers odds of 1.80 on the GG prediction: both teams will score in the match between Benfica and Porto.

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